CULTURE, GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT

dong 12.00 Normal 0 false false false EN-ZA X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4

This study aims to analyse the critical role of cultural concepts, traditions and practices in Africa’s development. Other specific objectives include a review of diverse definitions of culture and development concepts as they intertwine to form a framework for assessing the increasing awareness of the need to mainstream cultural approaches to development trategies in Africa. Another important objective is to reveal the centrality of cultural approach to development in the on-going international call for an inclusive gender and development strategy to enhance sustainability. Using desk research, the study explored this relationship from the historical, current and future perspectives. The new emphasis on cultural approach to development can be traced to the World Conference on Cultural Policies (MONDIACULT) held in Mexico City in 1982 and the subsequent declaration of the United Nations Decade of Culture.

Download : 13180_unpan003342_gender_and_culture_development.pdf